A Tale of Mischief and Mutants

Homesick

—-Sam—-

I was scared when Loki told me he was leaving me with one of his friends but Peter isn't scary at all. He can't be any older than I am and his cheerful, eager to please personality reminds me a lot of Kurt. 'God I miss my family.' I can't help but tear up thinking about the X-men. I miss them, all of them, even Scott. Peter sees me getting upset and looks concerned.

"Hey it's ok, it's ok if you're scared it's ok to be scared."

I shake my head that's not it. I'm not scared of Peter I feel silly for being scared of him before. Loki was right I could trust him he couldn't hurt anyone. Peter thinks for a minute as he observes me still crying.

"Are you in pain?"

I shake my head it was quite the beating but that's not what's wrong. I've taken a rough beating many times before and this was nothing special. I don't really want to be crying but I miss them and my heartache hurts so bad that I can't really help myself. He thinks a moment more.

"Are you homesick?"

I nod. I'm breaking down into tears even more now at my admission, thinking of each person I was torn from five years ago. I wish they were here, or that I could just go home, what I wouldn't give to talk to Logan for just a minute despite his gruff exterior I know he'd say something that would comfort me and make everything seem better. Peter puts a hand on my shoulder gently.

Even though I haven't known Peter for more than a few minutes I'm surprisingly okay with this amount of touch from a man I don't know something about Peter puts me at ease. My usual irrational fear is somewhat shoved to the side for the moment. He just seems so... genuine, I can tell all he wants to do is help and so can my anxiety I guess.

"I'm sure Mr. Loki will figure out how to get you home as soon as you're better. He's smart like that and I can tell he cares about you."

I hope he's right I want to go home so badly. The pain of being away from my family for so long rivals any of the physical pain I've been put through over the years. I don't want to upset Peter and try to get it together. His words were comforting and helped to hear. I manage to wipe my tears and smile at his sweet words.

"You're really brave you know."

I give him a confused look. I feel like I've been nothing but pitiful and pathetic. Unable to protect myself.

"You are, you've been through so much. Mr. Loki wouldn't go into details but I assume it was bad, yet here you are smiling. That's real strength when you can go through stuff but still carry on. Ya know?"

I nod. I know now why Loki cut him off before, he rambled but his words are sweet and I don't mind. Eventually he pulls up this Disney plus thing on his laptop. It turns out that Disney plus is just a Netflix type of thing that must have come out when I was kidnapped.

Peter let's me choose a movie. I spot a Pixar movie in his recommended for you list that again must have came out when I was being held captive. Onward, I'm a sucker for anything Pixar so I click on it without even looking at the plot synopses. Then sit back and watch.

"I like this one. You've probably never seen it before huh?"

I nod again then put my finger to my lips I'm getting invested in the story. We watch in silence for a bit, the movie even manages to get a little bit of a laugh out of me. I hear the door open and I tense up. I instinctively turn in the direction of the door.

I calm down when I realized it's just Loki. He smiles at me and I give him a smile back the bed is crowded with me and Peter on it but I scoot over and pat a place besides me. Loki comes and sits down. I lean into him and we enjoy the rest of the film.